The oldest woman in the cellar was already over thirty years old, which meant that even while being gnawed by salt worms every day, a person could survive at least into their thirties.
And that was under the condition of being constantly bled.
There was still a genuine possibility of saving them, but the prerequisite was eliminating the town lords of Sunken Ship Town and Salt Well Town, and eradicating the barbarous custom of using human blood to make veils.
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